August 2010

Baking Soda, Sunday Potluck, and the Pacific Northwest

August 27, 2010

Currently obsessing over Baking soda: I’ve long heard it’s magical properties, but it was reading Ashley’s post about using baking soda instead of shampoo for a more natural, eco-friendly, less expensive form of hair cleaning, that made me start really testing things out. Follow that up with discovering a recipe for a carpet cleaner that [...]

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French Kiss Life

August 25, 2010

How amazing is this idea to treat life this way – with open-mouth kisses and no holds barred. That’s hot. So is your penmanship I am officially the World’s Hardest Person To Get on The Phone.  I mean for more than “Where are we meeting?” and “What kind of wine should I bring?” kinds of [...]

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Number 18

August 23, 2010
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{photo: via} It was kind of off-handed and all that I added Number 18 to my Life List.  Ride in a helicopter or a hot air balloon. As if they’re even remotely close to being the same thing.  I mean, sure they both go up in the air, but one’s you know – copter-like with [...]

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I'm Not Afraid of Heights

August 20, 2010
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{via} I’ve held these truths to be self-evident and have worn them like a badge of honor for years: I’m afraid of heights. Buttons and wires scare me. Wanting more money means I’m greedy or that my priorities need shifting. I don’t wear heels. Or am I, do they, does it, and can I? That [...]

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National Groupon – $25 for $50 at The Gap

August 19, 2010

Just a little PSA for all of my fashion-forward, budget-watching, Groupon-loving friends – today’s Groupon is a national deal for The GAP. The deets: Buy a $25 Groupon worth $50 in GAP stores. I also heard a rumor about Foursquare offering a check-in discount between now and the end of August.  I doubt you can [...]

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